Republicans have forever been fearful of a government
shutdown because even when the Democrats are responsible, they and their pals
in the liberal press always blame the Republicans, and the Republicans always
either sit and take the abuse, or they crumble and go along with the Democrat
increases in big-government spending and wasteful expenditures in order to
protect their backsides and get the liberal press off their butts.
But one wonders why Republicans have not heard of Donald
Trump’s “lying press” campaign and the mincemeat he’s made of the press by
going on the offensive against these liberal liars. Why are they unable to
learn from the Trump campaign, which itself was a miracle, and ride his
coattails to victory over the liberals using his tactics?
The current budget dealings that Republicans fear this
time around, has them quaking in their boots because the Democrats will not
allow money to be budgeted for Trump’s border wall, and Democrats will not
allow any redundant or unneeded, wasteful expenditures to be cut out of the budget
as the government runs out of money. Republicans know that Democrats and the
press have traditionally blamed them for a government shutdown when such an
impasse has occurred, but that was then and this is now, and now Republicans
have the example of the Trump machine to guide them.
Now the Republicans have a successful President to
work with, and President Trump has proven that he will stand up for better
government and will not just go along to get along, so they have an experienced
ally in the Oval Office. Donald Trump was elected in an impossible campaign in
which he promised to build the wall, cut taxes and reduce wasteful spending,
all of which he’s moved forward on very early in his administration; so how
would he react, and how will the American electorate who elected him react, if
the Democrats in their stubbornness and big spending style, cause the shutdown
that Republicans fear? They’ll be mad at Democrats, as long as the complete
story is told.
Trump’s dealings with the lying press have been a
major plus in his first two months in office, and he would be glad to again
attack and expose their lies if they try to blame Republicans for a new
shutdown. Thinking people encourage the Republicans to allow a shutdown if
Democrats insist on the same old tired, big-government policies. What else can
one suspect of the residents of the swamp?
Republicans supposedly want to drain the swamp that
liberal Democrats thrive in, so let the government shutdown and then give a daily
account of how little it really causes any pain and suffering for productive,
working citizens. This is a winning policy for Republicans, unless Republicans
are actually complicit with Democrats as the nation charges toward bankruptcy
and if they really don’t want to make much needed economic and immigration
changes to save our children’s futures. The American citizens are watching.
